DC Coffee Chain Debuts Crypto Payments with Coinbase Partnership

A test case for mainstreaming cryptocurrency is coming to a local coffee chain in the nation’s capital, FOX Business has learned. Compass Coffee, a veteran-owned coffee brand with a dozen stores in the D.C. area, is partnering with the U.S.’s largest crypto exchange, Coinbase, to offer customers the option to pay for their morning brew with USDC, a so-called "stablecoin," a form of cryptocurrency that works like a digital dollar.On Wednesday, customers who pay with USDC at Compass’s Half Street location wil ...